Parenting gone wrong?
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insider:
I'm constantly being reminded by events around me that there's a need to constantly enrich my kids life with experiences, so that they are not sheltered from life.Emm...maybe also can email the below statement by MP Michael Palmer and ask her to read / ponder and write me what she thinks about the background and upbringing of this man to be able to make such 'powerful' statement...
\"Before I joined the grassroots organisation, I never knew there were poor people in developed countries.\"
For example, this is very simple one. One day my 2 older kids (6yos and 3.5 yos) came home, after an outing with their daddy, very excited and keep telling me they could see stuff from the mrt train. I was very puzzled at first. Then they told me, the mrt came out and they saw tress, buildings and people, but because the people were walking below the mrt train, they seem smaller. Then I realised, we always take the NEL or Circle Line, which are all underground stations. However, that day, my DH needed to go to Sembawang, taking the NS line, there were stations that were above ground, so they were able to have their surprising experience.
It reminded me I must not be complacent and just concentrate on academic and enrichment stuff and forget about life -
To begin with, she don’t sound the least bit cultured. She lives in Holland Village? Maybe 1 of the HDB flats in that area. There’re many more HDB flats than private properties within easy walking distance of Holland V. The more expensive private properties are nearby but not as near as the HDB flats. And the only people affected by the traffic and parking problems at Holland V are the heartlanders in the area, not those who live in the private properties nearby.
The price range for almost everything at Holland V, from the food to the shop, is more geared towards the heartlanders. What so cultured about fast food and overrun designers’ clothes? Having a few restaurants and pubs frequented by expats doesn’t set it apart from the heartland. -
It doesn’t really matter what she thinks.
All i know is that with all her wealth, connections and top education, the end result is mediocre. Give her the opportunity to run a company, organisation or portfolio, it will become smaller or decline.
She doesn’t understand the practice of leadership and the humanities to work with people. -
Bless us :slapshead: ...where did she came from this \"cultured gal\"
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Samantha
me from bishan, can go OlanV anot…preasssssss -
So the latest …
THE woman who pitted Holland Village against the heartlanders of Singapore has apologised on public radio.
She once again called 91.3FM’s The Married Men on Friday morning and said that she wanted to retract her words expressed on radio in the above show, about the heartlanders of Singapore.
Known only as Samantha, she further explained that she was at a Starbucks outlet at Holland Village on Wednesday when she heard vulgarities from two men dressed in slippers and shorts.
She was ticked off by their actions and dressing and decided to call in to 91.3FM’s The Married Men - on Wednesday - to rant.
It caused a stir online among netizens, and on Facebook too among friends who found links to the broadcast segment.
The show has a daily segment for Singaporeans to call in and air their grievances. Nothing is off limits as the station does not want to restrict its listeners.
Samantha began her rant about heartlanders and their alleged invasion of Holland Village.
‘Oh gosh, I live in Holland Village and I just can’t understand why people from the heartlands want to come here, because we people are cultured and you heartlanders are definitely not cultured.’
HEARTLANDERS
She went on to define heartlanders as people who lived in areas such as ‘Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Toa Payoh and ‘the nearby Bukit Batok’.
When asked how she could tell that somebody was a heartlander, she cheekily said that heartlanders were easily identifiable. She said they had no manners, talked loudly and wore cheap clothes ‘like those you buy off Bugis Street’.
One of her qualms with heartlanders was that they liked to ‘shove and push’ everybody. She added that some Caucasians along Orchard Road had also complained of the same thing.
91.3FM then opened the telephone lines once again and another woman, Maddy, called in to express her views.
She introduced herself as living in Bedok. To this, Samantha let out an audible ‘Oh my God’ in the phone exchange on radio.
The two argued for five minutes. Maddy defended heartlanders, stating that they are ‘pretty much well-educated and pretty much carry themselves well’.
Samantha refused to give in and said that heartlanders needed to stay were they were.
Maddy asked her: ‘Every heartlander earns their money, so why can’t we go (to Holland Village)?’
To this, Samantha questioned heartlanders’ ability to afford the things that people in Holland Village enjoyed, such as a bowl of laksa, which she claims is more expensive in Holland Village than in Bedok.
Deejay and host Rod Monteiro stopped the discussion due to time constraints, but that didn’t stop other listeners from calling in throughout the day to express their amazement and anger at Samantha’s comments. Not one caller supported Samantha and her comments in any way.
The blogosphere also reacted strongly to the stories and many outraged netizens began to attack Samantha and her opinions.
After a day of reflection, Samantha decided to make the public apology.
However, it seems that this isn’t enough for some listeners, who later called in and complained about the insincerity of Samantha’s apology.
Mr Monteiro admits that he was put off by Samantha’s comments, but told The Straits Times Online that he did understand where she was coming from - a place of anger.
'Everybody says things they don’t mean when they’re angry…three hours later…they look back and ask themselves ‘Did I really say that?’ he added. -
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Reminds me of a recent encounter.
At a chess tournament, a mummy was complaining with controlled agitation (not too loud, just to the person next to her) about how her daughter's Indian opponent was naughty, very bad, scheming. I suppose the little boy (under-6 yrs old) probably did do something not acceptable, I'm not sure. But from the mummy's tone, can hear that there's a tinge of discrimination.
What shocked me was what I hear when the match was over and her girl come out to her.
Girl : \"Mummy, that boy is crazy!!\"
Mummy : \"Yes, I know, dear. He really is crazy!\"
:? Is it just me being too sensitive? Or that parent really ought not respond in that manner, despite feeling unjust for her girl? Her girl won that match, btw. -
satyagraha:
My idea of chess playing is that apponents will try to outwit and outplay each other. It's the nature of the game to bluff opponents with moves to make them make the wrong decision. She should be glad her daughter is able to see through strategy of the boy.Reminds me of a recent encounter.
At a chess tournament, a mummy was complaining with controlled agitation (not too loud, just to the person next to her) about how her daughter's Indian opponent was naughty, very bad, scheming. I suppose the little boy (under-6 yrs old) probably did do something not acceptable, I'm not sure. But from the mummy's tone, can hear that there's a tinge of discrimination.
What shocked me was what I hear when the match was over and her girl come out to her.
Girl : \"Mummy, that boy is crazy!!\"
Mummy : \"Yes, I know, dear. He really is crazy!\"
:? Is it just me being too sensitive? Or that parent really ought not respond in that manner, despite feeling unjust for her girl? Her girl won that match, btw.
I feel as a parent it's important to explain the situation in a rational manner to the child -
Sun_2010:
If she was angry, she should have complained to her friends via sms not to use the radio waves. It reflects on her maturity levelThe link
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_649288.html
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